Bad news came to Leicester City as their star goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel got a fractured hand and had to undergo surgery this Friday. It's still unclear how much time he will be sidelined but it looks like it will be at least a couple of months. This means that Kasper won't return to the fields until 2017, but manager Claudio Ranieri isn't worried because his replacement is a great goalkeeper. This man is German goalie Robert Zieler.
His first test will be on Monday against West Bromwich at King Power Stadium, but Ranieri trusts he will pass it with flying colors: "The hands for keepers, like the hands for boxers, are very, very important. I don't put a deadline because every man is different. Maybe two weeks, maybe three. Maybe five, six, seven - I don't know. Kasper wants to play Sunday. It's normal.
"Only in the night he felt something. It's unbelievable. Maybe [it was because of] the adrenaline, the concentration, that he didn't feel anything [during the match]. I'm very confident with Zieler. Of course Kasper was in great condition but Zieler gives me confidence."
Ranieri expects the Foxes keep getting better on the domestic tournament this season: "We want to keep going and improve in the table. We're getting better but it's not only the defenders. All the team are getting better with the fighting spirit. Jamie Vardy's a goalscorer. All strikers have good and bad periods. It's important to stay calm and sooner or later he'll score."
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